Epidemiological analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit by genomic DNA fingerprinting using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Ou他reaks in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Genomic DNA Fingerprlntlng Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Aki Kaneko, Hirofumi Miyazawa, Fumiko Kirikae, Kiminori Toyooka, Masahito Hashimoto, Shinji Yamasaki, MitsuharuHasegawa, Chiaki Takeuchi, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji, Morito Sumlya, Oichirou Kobori, Yoshio Yazaki and Teruo Kirikae* Internalional Medical Center ofJapan, Toyama 1-21-1, Shinjuku, TobJo 162-8655